2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Kelly Makes Correct Call

We got to the table on the river, with the board reading {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. JP Kelly had position in a three handed pot against Stuart Elkin and Ernest Hou. With about 26,000 in the middle, Elkin checked to Hou, who fired out 13,500. Action was on Kelly, and he went deep into the tank. After about 3 minutes of motionless thinking, Anders Taylor called the clock. The floor arrived, and as soon as he gave Kelly a warning that he had 10 seconds left, Kelly tossed in the call.

Elkin folded, and Hou shook his head, and mucked his hand face down. Kelly had to table his hand to claim the pot, and he showed {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a pair of aces. After that hand, Kelly is up to 135,000.

Player Chips Progress
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
135,000 27,600

Tags: JP Kelly

Shorr Scoops Preflop

A player in early position open-limped and was raised to 4,500 by the player directly behind him. Right behind the raiser was Shannon Shorr, who thought for a bit and then re-popped it to 10,800 total. Action folded over to the original limper, who tanked, mumbled an expletive, and folded. The original raiser quickly folded and Shorr took down the pot.

Shorr is up to 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
70,000

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Brasilia Gold Counts

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
465,000 10,000
Alban Juen fr
Alban Juen
420,000 100,000
Neil Ryder gb
Neil Ryder
340,000 60,000
Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
WSOP 2X Winner
230,000 41,700
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
225,000 26,500
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
170,000 113,000
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
155,000
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
WSOP 1X Winner
155,000
Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
140,000 -10,000
Darren Judges gb
Darren Judges
140,000
Dee Friedman us
Dee Friedman
130,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
120,000 67,200
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
WSOP 1X Winner
120,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
105,000
Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 -20,000
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
27,000 -13,000
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
Busted

Boeree Booms a Double

Liv Boeree was faced with a 20,500-chip bet with the board reading {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Boeree responded by going all in for 68,700 total, and her opponent, Daniel Pickard, called.

Boeree quickly tabled {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for a full house, and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
166,900 56,900

Tags: Liv Boeree

Fountain Leaks a Few

We have a number of big stacks here in the Purple section of the Amazon Room. Michael Hack has been sitting tight for the most part during Level 11, maintaining his large stack. The cowboy-hat-wearing Jeremy Allen has chipped up during the first hour-and-a-half, and Erik Hellman has added a few as well. And Mark Demirdjian continues to climb toward current leaders Jason Somerville and Michael Nasserazad.

Another player coming into today with a big stack is Jonathan Fountain. He, too, sits in Purple, and just now was involved in a three-way hand that began with a Fountain raise from early position to 3,400 followed by two callers (late position and big blind).

The flop came {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. It checked to Fountain who bet 5,200 and only the late position player called. The turn was the {J-Hearts}, and when Fountain bet 9,300 his opponent tanked and then called again.

The river was the {6-Spades}. This time Fountain fired 18,300, and when his opponent quickly called, Fountain instantly mucked his hand without seeing what his opponent had. (Nor did anyone else, as he was strangely not made to show.)

After chipping up during the first part of Level 11, Fountain is now back about to where he began Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Demirdjian lb
Mark Demirdjian
527,000 30,000
Jeremy Allen us
Jeremy Allen
444,000 79,800
Michael Hack us
Michael Hack
438,000 -19,000
Jonathan Fountain us
Jonathan Fountain
435,000 -400
Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
416,000 18,100

Tags: Jonathan Fountain

Hall Takes a Hit

Zachary Hall (Day 1b) takes a hit.
Zachary Hall (Day 1b) takes a hit.

Zachary Hall entered the day with over 300,000 chips, but has been cut down significantly after losing a big race to Robert Corcione. All of the chips went into the middle preflop, and Hall held {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} against Corcione's {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

The board ran out {2-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, and Corcione won the pot.

It took the dealer three attempts to count down Corcione's stack however, and each time it was less and less. Finally, after checking and re-checking, the count was 132,900, leaving Hall with around 118,500.

Player Chips Progress
Zachary Hall us
Zachary Hall
118,500 -194,700

Tags: Robert CorcioneZachary Hall